Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has granted the Soroti District Woman Representative, Anna Adeke and Bugiri Municipality Member of Parliament, Asuman Basalirwa leave to introduce the Sexual Offences Bill and the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill respectively. The nod by Parliament for the two to introduce private member’s …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The European Union (EU) delegation in Uganda has asked the Speaker of Parliament to prioritize the sexual offences bill and other key bills in the 11th Parliament. Led by the EU Acting Ambassador Anna Merrifield, the ambassadors paid a courtesy visit to Speaker Jacob Oulanyah …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Some of the legislators on the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee have expressed reservation on the recently returned Sexual Offences Bill, 2019. Last week, the Deputy Speaker Anita Among asked the committee to reconsider the bill following its return by the president. Tabled by the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has declined to assent to the Sexual Offences Bill, together with the Succession Amendment Bill passed by the Tenth Parliament earlier this year. The Sexual Offences Bill which was presented before parliament by former Kumi Woman MP Monica Amoding provides for the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Ephraim Kamuntu has asked parliament to halt the consideration of the Sexual Offences Bill 2019, to allow government to carry out consultations. Kamuntu was appearing before the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee which started considering the Bill this …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Interfaith organizations have asked the government to speed up the passing into law of the Sexual Offences Bill to reduce the rising cases of gender-based violence in the country. The bill was re-tabled last year in November by Kumi Woman MP Monica Amoding nine …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kumi Woman MP Monica Amoding has re-tabled before Parliament the Sexual Offences Bill nine months after a stalemate that forced the Bill to be re-written. The Bill seeks to consolidate laws relating to sexual offences and provide procedural and evidential requirements during trial of sexual …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Women Parliamentary Association (UWOPA) is planning to review its strategy on gender-related bills. Some of the bills include the succession bill, the sexual offences bill, the marriage and divorce bill and Employment amendment bill among others. The succession bill among other things seeks …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah has declined to stop debate on the Sexual Offences Bill, 2015. Tabled by Kumi Woman MP, Monica Amoding, the Bill seeks to consolidate all laws relating to sexual offences, combat sexual violence and provide for punishment of sexual …
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COMMENT:By Winnie Brenda Watera Prejudices hinder progress on a law that could improve the lives of women The Sexual Offences Bill, 2015 was finally presented to parliament for the first time on April 14, 2016 by Kumi District Woman MP, Monica Amoding, as a Private Member’s Bill. Before this, the …
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